Immigrant Ships
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SS Bienville

I, J D Bulloch, Master of the Steamship Bienville, do solemnly, sincerely and truly swear that the following List or Manifest, subscribed by me, and now delivered by me to the Collector of the Customs of the Collection District of New York, is a full and perfect list of all the passengers taken on board the said Steam- ship at Havana, from which port said Bienville has now arrived; and that on said List is truly designated the age, the sex, and the occupation of each passenger, the part of the vessel occupied by each during the passage, the country to which each belongs, and also the country of which it is intended by each to become an inhabitant; and that said List or Manifest truly sets forth the number of said passengers who have died on said voyage, and the names and ages of those who died.
So Help Me God.
J D Bulloch

Sworn to this March 23 1861
Before Me J White DC

List or Manifest of all passengers taken on board the Steamship Bienville whereof Bulloch is Master, from Havana. Burthen 1558 47/95 tons.

Columns represent: Name, Age, Sex, Occupation, Country to which they severally belong, Country of which they intend to become inhabitants, Died on voyage, Part of ship occupied by each during the voyage.

Columns eliminated and the reasons why.
Died on voyage---No deaths.
Country of origin---All from the US except passenger #15 from Spain.
Destination---All to the US except passenger #15 returning to Spain.
Part of ship occupied during voyage---Cabin shown for all.

    
 1* Mr Bloodgood       45 M ?????
 2  Mr Nicol           57 M 
 3  Miss Nicol         23 F
 4  Mr Taylor          32 M
 5  Mrs Taylor         28 F
 6  L A Ellis          42 M
 7* ?? Matagras        38 M
 8* ?? Spencer         24 M
 9  Mrs Spencer        47 F
10  Mr Blackwell       38 M
11* I B?????           37 M
12  J M Andrade        41 M
13  F Murphy           37 M
14  W Steward          42 M Planter
15* L H Figueroa       40 M
16  Thomas P Crippen   36 M Lawyer
17  Mrs Thos P Crippen 31 F
18* Mr Bir????         41 M Engineer
19  Dudley Fielde      29 M Lawyer
20  Mrs D Fielde       22 F
21  Mary O'Brien       27 F
22  A Barburna         34 M Merchant
23  J A Pesant         38 M Merchant
24  F Golwitz          24 M Merchant
25  Mr Chappell        43 M Seaman
26  Mst Chappell       16 M Seaman
27  F Barath           29 M Merchant
28  T Tolosa           26 M Merchant
29  Juan Casonova      24 M
30  R Duval            29 M
31  J Knight           37 M
32  E M Tyler          38 M
33  Dr Tobey           55 M Doctor
34  Mr F???don         43 M
35* ?? Balmas          33 M
36* ?? Cook            25 M
37* ?? Higenis         25 M
38* ?? Wyland          29 M Engineer
39* ?? G???ines        45 M Artiste
40* ?? G???ines        40 M 
41* ?? G???ines        23 M
42* ?? G???ines        21 M
43* ?? G???ines        15 M
44* Mst G???ines       13 M
45  J M Nixon          43 M
46  J D Dujan          39 M
47  T Sylvester        28 M
48  Mlle Zanfretta     24 F
49  A Segrist          26 M
50  F Segrist          28 M
51  Mr Stickney        45 M
52  Mrs Stickney       39 F
53  Miss J Stickney    19 F
54* Jam Stickney       21 M
55  Emma Stickney      14 F
56  Robert Stickney    12 M
57  John Dunn          29 M Groom
58  Ella Zoyara        21 F Artist
59  Jno Allen          38 M 
60  Mrs Jno Allen      30 F
61* Sig Saberstein     29 M
62  Mas Saberstein     25 F
63  P Monford          36 M Merchant
64  Mrs P Monford      30 F
65  Mr Lad???          23 M
66  Mr Rider           41 M
67  Mr Rude            51 M
68  Mrs Carlin         48 F
69  J W Anderson       26 M Seaman  
    

Transcriber's Notes: 
    
The use of an * indicates an omission or error made by the original recorder.
The use of a ? indicates a word or letters that could not be read due to the
 condition of the original document.


 1    Occupation unclear. 
 7-8  First Initials unclear.
11    Last name unclear. 
15    This passenger was from Spain & bound for Spain.
18    Last name unclear. 
35 thru 43  First initials unclear. 
39 thru 43  Last name unclear. 
54    1st name shown as Jam  Probably James.
61    1st name Sig  Perhaps Sigmund.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 209.

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